A Short Story About Vinegar

As a naturally occurring substance, vinegar can be any alcoholic beverage exposed to air. Vinegar has been used for many purposes such as medicinal, flavoring agent, food substances, and a preservative.

S'mores With A Twist

Fall is coming, and with fall comes colder weather and camp fires. A camp fire's best friend is the roasted marshmallows. If you've never had a s'more, you don't know what you're missing! Having been raised on s'mores as a kid, I love the trifecta of flavors. Chocolate, marshmallow, and gram cracker come together to make this tasty dessert. I put a twist on this traditional dessert and turned it into an entrmet with a gram cracker crust, chocolate mouse filling and chocolate glaze, vanilla sponge cake, marshmallow filling and a toasted marshmallow topping. Everything is better with toasted marshmallow!

Food Writing

Yesterday I started a class titled "Food Writing" where we were asked to keep a blog pertaining to food. I thought I'd share the first memory I have of baking:

I was young. Young enough to have to stand on a chair in order to see over the kitchen counter top. My dad swiftly puts all the ingredients into one big bowl as my eager hands reach for the whisk. With his hands on top of mine, we mix until the batter comes together. I can feel the heat emanating from the griddle. There is a sizzling sound the moment the batter hits the flat, hot surface. A short amount of time goes by and I am given the spatula. And a huge smile forms on my face. As I flip the golden browned circles, their buttery aroma fills the room. I help my dad until there is no more batter in the bowl. "Breakfast is ready!" my dad calls to the rest of our family, "who wants pancakes?"

This is one of my favorite memories of my childhood! And this recipe was passed down from my granddad (dad's dad). To this day, I still use this recipe and pancakes are one of my favorite breakfast foods! 

Chocolate Strawberry

Same flavors, one just has a chocolate Spider-man face.

Caramel Cream

Vanilla Caramel

Chocolate Caramel

Oreo Love

United We Enjoy Pie

I saw a video of someone who made this pie so I recreated one myself!

Third Times A Charm

While I was studying abroad one of our assignments was to create the perfect entrmet. It could be any flavor you chose, and any design you wanted. I had never been given so much freedom on an assignment before, and I was absolutely thrilled to create my masterpiece! I decide to make a banana, chocolate, hazelnut flavored entrmet with toasted hazelnut and tempered chocolate as decoration. By the third attempt, I had perfected my flavor and design!

Attempt 2

Attempt 1

Attempt 3

Study Abroad France Part 6: Plated Desserts

 Tiramisu

 Mille-Feuille Pistache Framboise

 Tart au Citron avec Yuzu et Noisette

Mi-cuit Chocolate a la Poire

Study Abroad France Part 5: Confections

From nugget to caramels, to gummies and pate de fruit, it sure was a sugary experience.